Oracle (ORCL) is positioning Java as the de facto platform for building and managing the Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine to Machine (M2M) computing. Toward that end, Oracle claims the Java 8 release (coming in 2014) will help ISVs, OEMs and application developers to more effectively build and manage sensor and embedded solutions. So why should channel partners care? At Oracle OpenWorld 2013, The VAR Guy gathered these answers and insights.

First, the big picture: There are roughly 9 billion devices connected to the Internet. As the number grows to 50 billion devices over the next few years how do you scale the Internet of Things (IoT) -- where everyone is connected to anything? The answer goes back to Java Embedded, Oracle insists: You need to write once and deploy many.